ACI Europe's Regional Conference in Madeira
The Role of Regional Airports in the European economy is debated in Madeira, between 12th and 14th May.
For the first time Madeira Island is hosting a Congress of the Airports Council International – Europe (ACI), from the 12th to the 14th of May.
This is the seventh Conference related to the Regional Airports (Airports that handle less than 5 million passengers/ year) organized by this European entity, that aims different subjects regarding aviation. This meeting will bring to Madeira a wide range of speakers and about 200 delegates.
Madeira Airports integrated in ANA and VINCI Group will be the host of this major event. 2014 is the year for Airline Companies, Airports, journalists, hoteliers, in a wide panel of nearly forty speakers give their contribution in a Congress that will join in Madeira about 200 people. ’Changing times for Regional Airports as engines for economic and social development’ is the designation of this conference that will take place at VidaMar Resort, during this month.
These forums’ main goal is to aggregate the interests of Regional Airports in Europe ACI, entity that represents the EU institutions.
ACI Europe is focused in the increase of the Regional Airports visibility as a major economic engine for European Regions in terms of a safeguard for the connections and for their citizens. It is also a goal to ACI Europe to state as the main european platform to the development of knowledge, share and debate of relevant matters to the Aviation World.
This is a major event contextualized not only by its representativeness to Madeira Airports, to our economy, but also to the important role assumed by VINCI Airports that takes place, nowadays in the Management of the International Airports.
During the seventh ACI Regional Conference, seven work sessions will be held, divided into topics such as the route development, the increasing of connections, the development of the Non-Aviation Business Areas, the adjustment of Airports, Airline Companies and passengers to the new security regulations laid by the European Union, as well as a session on Airport Security.
On this event we will have the presence of more than forty speakers, such as Olivier Jankovec, the General Director of the ACI Europe, Nicolas Notebaert, The President of Vinci Airports, the representatives from several Airports, such as Birmingham, Malta, Shannon, Vilnius, Liege, London City, Dubrovnick, Lyon and Lisbon, and Airline Companies, such as TAP, Easyjet, Hop! and AirBerlin. We will also have an important range of consultants, hoteliers and Supplier Service Companies to the Airport Management.
The opening session will have as keynote speaker His Excellency, the President of Madeira Regional Government, Dr. Alberto João Jardim.
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